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I don't suppose you ever live streamed before,
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What?

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So I'm trying to figure out if this is
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I'll figure out later.

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Well, it's I'm I'm live right now, but I think

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it's sideways.

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Um, sorry?

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Uh Instagram.

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I could check I'll try to check on my other

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phone.

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My middle name is App.

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You need to stop there.

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All right.

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Good evening, everyone.

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Welcome to the McKinney Forum.

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Um, we are gonna ask, and I apologize with
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sitting already, but we are gonna ask if the
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can come and sit in the first two rows just

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to make it easy.

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Sorry, I don't I don't start getting out.

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All right, as you guys are moving, uh, my name

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is Jessica Martnick.

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I will be your MC this evening.

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Tonight is your opportunity to listen to all
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school boards, city council, and college
college, collin college candidates

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who are on the ballot in McKinney, and to hear

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their views on issues that matter to you.

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Before we begin tonight, I would like to
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to please turn off all of your cell phones.

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If you have iPads, whatever you do that you
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to, please turn them off to stack everyone
speaking this

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evening.

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Um I would like to also thank our Collin

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County Constable Matt Carpenter who's here,
who's attending today.

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He's acting on our southern line.

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Matt has attended almost every single forum
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in Collin County, and he has gone above and
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to help make sure that we have hopefully
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have this evening a peaceful night because I
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to make sure that they're bored.

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Okay.

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So let's keep them bored.

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Um so with that said, I would like to uh

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welcome up Adder Mazeri to begin us with a
prayer.

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Thank you, Jane.

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All right.

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What does God say about voting and elections?

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Some people in faith say that we should stay
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politics.

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That can be tempting to conservatives because
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in the moment.

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The path of least resistance.

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In the state of cancel culture and 24 7,
mudsending

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on social media and in news coverage, we are a

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nation that feels more divided and divisive
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It is understandable that good people want to
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the sid.elines and keep to themselves

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The resulting apathy leads to abysmal voter
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something that we experience here in Cal
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And as Plato noted, one of the penalties for
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to participate in politics is that you end up
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governed by your inferiors.

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The result?

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Degradation of parental rights, loss of free
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mutilation, loss of medical freedom, the list
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The Bible makes clear that despite the stigma
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with politics, God calls and uses political
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God calls each of us to participate.

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Referring to Matthew as the salt of the earth
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the light of the world, the flourishing of our
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is in part our responsibility.

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If I have the only light in a dark room,

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its darkness is my fault.

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Caring for our culture and engaging in
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part of good citizenship.

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So as we steamroll towards election day, we
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certain that we are not serving our own self-
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we are serving our highest authority, God.

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Heavenly Father, we pray as grateful citizens
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We give thanks to these citizens of a country
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we boldly claim to be one nation under you,
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We pray, asking for your guidance, wisdom, and
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we kick off tonight's candidate forum.

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We pray for our neighbors in this room that
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bold and brave enough to step forward as
candidates, and

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we pray that the voters in this room and
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are able to support and elect the best
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the job.

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Tonight, let us listen and collaborate with
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good intentions.

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Father, we pray that our efforts will
reinforce your will

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as we seek to conserve the values and
principles that

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grant us life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

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We give thanks to you for the days that have

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passed for today and for the journey ahead.

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Okay, now we're going to do our supply chains.

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So everyone will please stand with me.

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I would like to first welcome.

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I'm Uber Coding Early Crossbow High School.

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And this adorable, these adorable young ladies
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to say to help us say your name too.

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I know this voter.

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I thought you would have to do that.

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I've got a hand for these great early.

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So now let's get the party started.

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We have a wonderful basket for donations out
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lobby.

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We are going to do some great things with
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donations.

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One, we're going to put on this forum.

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And if you could help us cover the cost of

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that by making a donation, we would really
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There is no dollar amount too small.

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If you just have a dollar bill in your pocket,

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that would also help us.

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So please uh put a dollar in the basket, $20

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in the basket.

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Um, I would also like to make sure that we

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let everyone know that we have invited every
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to this forum this evening.

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We have accepted the offer.

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I think it's important to note that there is a

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McKinney City Council uh meeting this evening
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So would also like to thank our sponsor,

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Pro Deo Realty.

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Derek Baker helped us sponsor this event, so
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to our sponsors.

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I'm not gonna say all the names because
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lot of them, but I'm gonna leave it up there

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for you so you can see it for a second.

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So as we move forward, we are volunteer
political organizations

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dedicated to the informed and responsible
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government.

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And if you're not a member of any of these

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groups, join.

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Become a member.

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Get involved.

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That's your duty as a citizen.

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So as we move forward into the questions, I
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that many of the people in the audience
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be fiercely partisan.

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However, I will insist that the candidates and
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treat each other with respect.

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Personal attacks will not be allowed this
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It is a job of the audience to listen.

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We ask that you all listen respectfully to
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answers.

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And in the interest of time, please hold
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the end.

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And you can make your statement when you go
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vote.

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Then we will do city council, and then we'll
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on to the school board.

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So I would like to bring up our moderators.

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We have Mr.

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Derek Baker and Mr.

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Jim Pickle.

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All right, hi, my name is Jim Hickel.

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Wait.

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My name is Jared Baker.

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Welcome.

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I'll just say real quick, you know, there's a
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I've done, I don't know, countless forums over
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30 years.

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And you know, sometimes candidates don't
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Uh and you guys must have heard what happens.

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Candidates that don't show up, and what we say
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them.

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So we appreciate you being here.

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In fact, I do appreciate the candidates for
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because actually this is not just the first
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been to.

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The'yve been to a number of forums across the
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We appreciate you.

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So we're not gonna have as long of questions
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them because there's so many, but this is our
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for tonight.

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Uh as you can see, we do have a lot

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of candidates, eight just for the Colin
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We're gonna have a two.-minute opening
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and then for each question we ask them, we'll
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one and a half minutes, 90 seconds

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Where's my time keep?

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There you go.

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Thank you very much.

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And you'll need to pay attention to her
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has a yellow card and a red card.

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When she holds up the yellow card, that means
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have 30 seconds left.

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And the red card means please stop talking.

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I will be very diligent in holding you to
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So don't make me cut you off because it's fun

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for me.

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And uh there are no gotcha questions.

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Um candidate knows any of the questions.

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don't think there's any gotcha questions,
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We're trying to find different differentiation
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the candidates, so you can make an informed
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Uh, we'll be very strict on the time limits.

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We talked about that, and then there's
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be a round of questions, depending on the
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from one to six, and then we're gonna have a

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lightning round uh if you've heard of those.

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The lightning round is yes, no, or pass.

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They're not intended for gotcha, so if you
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to say yes nor pass, don't try to explain.

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Hang out and talk to these guys after the
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and you can explain uh what your answer is.

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cut you off.

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So uh with that, let's get into the questions.

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You can see there's a number of races that we

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have, uh eight candidates, three different
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it's place is place one down at the end.

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Okay, place so you guys are in order, thank
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so much.

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They have some uh awesome.

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Okay, so place one, place two, and place three
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Collin College trustees.

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In fact, we're in the board rooms, you don't
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the dias on the other side, but this is one

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of the boardrooms.

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And we're going to start, we'll start with Mr.

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the Moses

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down in end, just to make it simple.

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And we're going to have a two minute
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each candidate.

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Moses starts, I'll just remind you of this.

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Remember, these guys are not running all
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So when they answer, just make note of their
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their tent cards and say, Oh, these two, you
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see who they're running against, and just
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and responses of each.

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Just a real reminder.

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Moses, two minutes to start.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank uh for calling uh conservative well for
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us available forum.

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Thank you for being here.

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I'm Fred Moses, and I've uh been on served on

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the uh college board for the last six years.

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Uh I'm very passionate about the college.

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I have well 50 years ago I graduated from a

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community college.

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Community college gave me a second.

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Well, it's like a champion line.

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And so that's what I think that the value of

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our college is here in Collin County.

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I got on the uh Colin uh board, I ran

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for it.

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They paid very well.

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And uh I I'm a as a business owner, I'm

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really uh passionate about us uh the college
uh providing

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service by uh relative training for our uh
businesses, and

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so that's uh real important.

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I've been this has been in business 38 years,
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so that's the real border.

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I've served in a minimum capacity uh in the
county.

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Been in the county 43 years, almost a te.xt

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But anyway, we're very uh pleased to be here,
and

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I've gotten recognition from the college and
everybody for the

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work and serving and devotion that I have.

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My former wife made the college, and we
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do that.

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And uh being a trustee on the board, this
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me another opportunity to keep us uh uh keep
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uh rounded and keep us relevant, keep us uh
more

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so than anything, providing great students and
great opportunities for

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people like me to call us in formal life,
diamonds

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and erupts.

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And yeah, I've done very well.

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Thank you very much for emotions.

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Brother friends and I have a lot in common
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and uh I laughed because uh he was joking that

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he's almost in Texas now, and I what I tell

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people is I wasn't born in Texan, but I got

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here as soon as I could.

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Um my name's Megan Wallace, I'm running for
place one

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of the Collins College Board of Trustees.

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My family moved to Collin County in 2011 to
grow

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our business.

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I served for a time as the chief financial
officer

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for that business until it was acquired in
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part of a multimillion dollar acquisition.

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I decided after that to grow myself in
community service.

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I serve in the PTO at my son's school in

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the IC.

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I'm the literacy library head there.

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I also serve at the community food pantry in
McKinney.

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I'm a shift lead volunteer over there, and
then I

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decided, you know what?

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I can do more.

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So I decided last year to go back to school

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at Collin College to shift gears on studying
the law,

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and it was my experience. as a student that
led

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me to seek out an opportunity to serve the
school

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that I love so much

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As a student, I feel like I have a special

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um opportunity to serve as someone someone who
has relevant

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current experience in the classroom and on
campuses.

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I've been at three different campuses all week
long.

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And I feel like that could be a really um

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big plus to have me on the board and be

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that voice for our students.

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Um my goals as trustee would be to um make

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sure that our college-bound Collin County High
School students that

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are graduating, that they would graduate with
dual credit.

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We should graduate every student with as much
dual credit

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as we can because our parents need the break.

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Our parents need the break in the cost ever
rising

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cost of higher education, and so I would like
to

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see us really expand in those areas and make
sure

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we're working with every student in this
county.

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Thank you.

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And I'm a lifelong DFW resident, and I've been
in

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Collin County for 13 years.

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I um am a former corporate attorney business
owner.

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I got my JD from Texas Tech and I mean

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from Texas Tech as well.

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But for the past 13 years, I've been a public

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school educator.

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I've been a social study teacher, I'm an
assistant principal,

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principal, director of academics at MHR, and
some other roles

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that are not quite as important, but I'll have
done.

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So I've kind of done it all in public
education,

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and that's the number one reason I'm running
for the

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seat is because I I''mm super passionate about
public education.

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I love that public education with my heart and
soul,

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and we really need somebody in place too who's
active

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and who's experienced.

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Um there's a couple of reasons why I'm running
in

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addition to my passion for education.

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One, Megan issue issue of dual credit.

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I see some people who might be parents in the

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audience and some students

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Are you all familiar with dual credit and in
your

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high schools?

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Um so you know y'all are y'all are actually
paying

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a little more in dual credit than I think you

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should.

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Um, if you've looked at your tax bill, you
know

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that you pay a common college tax and you pay

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an IC tax.

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But the common college is actually charging
the ICs for

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bill credit.

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And in Dallas County, that isn't happening,
it's only happening

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here in Colline County.

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And so basically you're being double taxed,
and I'd like

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to change that and reduce your fees that you
pay

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in dual credit so that you pay less because I

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want it to be open for everybody, not just a

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few people.

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The second reason, and I'm glad uh the
invocation mentioned

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free speech.

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You know, violating someone's free speech
rights isn't just the

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wrong thing to do.

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It actually happens to be quite expensive.

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And for Collin College, it has cost the common
college

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one million dollars in accounting and
settlements and lawsuits and

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paying lawyers.

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I think that's lower as I used to be on.

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But paying lawyers and settlements for
violations of free speech.

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The problem is that the incumbent of place two
hasn't

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done anything about that.

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There hasn't been any action taken.

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And the longer we go on with lawsuits and free

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speech being violated, the more money it's
going to cost

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us.

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And so I want to turn that around.

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I like to change that.

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I understand that um that you know, if we do

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keep it the same thing over and over again,
the

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same thing is going to happen.

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And um, I'd like to work with the
administration and

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the rest of the board who I think is committed

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to changing that, and I want to uh change that

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as well.

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So thanks, thank you so much so much for
coming

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on starting.

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Place two.

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My name is Jay Sand.

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I'm presenting in place to and the million
dollar comment.

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There is no million-dollar payout.

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We have had two settlements, we had to pay our

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deductors.

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And that's what we do wear in insurance.

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We buy an insurance policy to pay off that
who's

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state or for those issues, and then we go
forward

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from that.

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That's all it is.

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Now, the problem is that what I'm running, we
got

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a great college here

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Most people don't even know what pre-college
yet.

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We have 67,000 students.

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We have the lowest tuition in the state of
Texas,

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and we have the second most cash rate.

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That means it's great for our students to come
on

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and get an opportunity to get hours, as you
mentioned,

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dual credits.

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We can take advantage of that.

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Our students can get ahead and get ready for
when

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they go out of a four-year college.

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We also have one of the highest success
ratios.

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Meaning kids who transfer from one college to
another college,

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and we have the highest success ratio.

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So again, we're doing well in our college.

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Why am I participating in it?

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My kids have all grown up, they've already
graduated from

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college.

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I understand the importance of financially
sound education.

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In today's world, when somebody goes out and
uh graduating

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from college or even attending college, and
there are $39,000

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in debt.

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That's not just a few people, there's 43
million Americans

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there at that party debt.

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So when we talk about tuition and controlling
costs, that's

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why I'm participating in it, and I'll continue
to focus

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on those things, and I'll continue to look out
for

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you, the customers who are ultimately the ones
who are

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going to be making the decisions.

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Thank you.

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Um let's see, quick interesting background.

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Um for a long time.

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Sorry.

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Okay

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Okay.

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Been around for a long time

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Went through UT system, bachelor's, masters,
Don Bell's ISD,

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teaching up here now.

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I kind of live in a world of CNE filmy.

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And that's pretty much what I try to do where

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I go.

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And I learned while playing the Army and other
places

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that you can only have one priority.

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And from what I've seen, the college's number
one priority

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has to be students.

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And we'll get played all sorts of other games
of

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this, that whatever.

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We take guy off the prices.

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And if you take guys off the price, it's like

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driving down the road to ride a bicycle.

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You're going to know where you're working.

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You look at the ditch, that's where you go.

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Look at the other lane watch the other remote,
that's

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where you go.

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So my focus is with students and for students
is

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to keep the path clear ahead.

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And either for the students, make sure the
schools are

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working for the students.

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I think it has some admin issues.

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Excellent education.

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Excellent other pathway work with.

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I think on the admin, I'll let you do some

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work, and that's our mind.

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So even jump on the kids today, but what
promises

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I should make.

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And um we come up to a good conclusion.

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It was actually offered three pizza on every
day, um

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ending with a Y.

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So I didn't gotta do my campaign for others.

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So good, all good.

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I'll try to keep you entertained if nothing
else.

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Thanks.

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Thank you for coming out.

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Um I started my higher education experience
down at the

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UT Austin campus.

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I worked in the McComb School Business, and I
was

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there for a number of years before I
transferred up

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to UT. Dallas and was assistant dean of
undergraduate education

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I loved working with the students, and we were
laughing

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because of the technical problem that they had
with technical

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problems.

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I said, I don't know how to do that because

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it was always the students that came in and
fixed

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everything that I wrote.

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But um I guess my background lends itself

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to more for the students than anything else.

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I want to make sure that they receive the
knowledge

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that they need from our faculty and staff that
will

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allow them to develop wisdom because wisdom
doesn't come without

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knowledge, and that's my my focus is I want to

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make sure that we do what we can for the

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students, the high school students, the
homeschool students, and our

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our college students to gain the knowledge
that they need

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to develop the wisdom they need to take
forward into

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their careers.

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I'm big into workforce.

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I had a group of scholars when I was at

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UT Alice.

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I was on the admissions committee and ended up
with

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a group of students that were not for
traditional.

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They learn enough money to have a family in
the

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future.

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So I'm Kathy Alexander.

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I'm in place three for Collin College.

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Good evening.

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ing Thank you for be here.

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I'm Dr.

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Stacey Donald, and I'm the incumbent in place
three on

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the board

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And I'm a community college baby myself.

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My mother taught nursing in Amarillo in Texas
Canhandle, and

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I went to community college there.

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So it's kind of always always been in our
family,

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always been in the blood that community
college is a

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great way to get started in life.

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And I've been in higher education my whole
life.

515
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,200
I got my bachelor's, my master's, and my PhD
from

516
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,840
the University of Texas at Dallas, and I
always wonder

517
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,640
now if we cross paths at some point and didn't

518
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:04,360
know it.

519
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:09,640
And from there, I have been a literature
professor, part-time,

520
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,840
full-time, online, on site, hybrid.

521
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,800
I was around for some of the college's first
online

522
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:20,120
classes, and it's been exciting to see a lot
of

523
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:24,840
the new innovations that have developed as
college has developed

524
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,560
along with online classes.

525
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,240
When we get back there, it is all for the

526
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,440
students, the faculty and staff, and the
greater community.

527
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,920
And when everyone is doing well, we are only
going

528
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,880
to get better as a county and as a community.

529
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,680
So things like when we got a pay raise for

530
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,640
our police force, that was a big thing because
we

531
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,640
want our Colin College Police Force to be a
little

532
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,200
authority to live here with us.

533
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,560
When we got paid family leave so that we have

534
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,600
more loyalty from our faculty so that they'll
stay here

535
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:26,320
longer with us.

536
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,040
We don't have to spend more money training new
faculty.

537
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:29,920
Those are the kind of things that we're going
to

538
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:29,920
do.

539
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,640
And I appreciate y'all coming here tonight.

540
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,080
And I was asked to run because of the skills

541
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,840
and leadership and commitment to the community
to education that

542
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:07,280
I've shown our app over the last uh decade.

543
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,840
If you go to my website, Joe for Collin
College.com,

544
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,720
you'll learn a lot more about what I've been
doing

545
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,000
for the last decade or so and see why I

546
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,120
was asked by people on college and people in
the

547
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,320
city of McKinney to run for this position.

548
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,200
I've served the last five and a half years on

549
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,960
your McKinney EDC board.

550
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,640
I was appointed by three different city
councils to do

551
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:38,000
so after serving as the Chamber of Commerce
board

552
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,120
chair.

553
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:53,040
And so I was asked to run, and I think

554
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,520
as you said when you started, when we're
called to

555
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,360
serve, we have to answer that call.

556
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:04,200
And what more important thing than to affect
the ability

557
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,120
for students to get the education they need to
make

558
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,680
a nice wage to sustain themselves and their
family.

559
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,080
I can't think of a better calling where I can

560
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:20,600
make a better impact, use my passion and my
skills.

561
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,760
Obviously, I told you my resume a minute ago.

562
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,920
I've been chosen for multiple important roles
and given a

563
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,840
lot of responsibility because of my expertise
and leadership.

564
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,160
I'm also very passionate about this, and I
just want

565
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,840
to honor that and do my best to serve you.

566
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,800
Thank you.

567
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,280
It's literally random.

568
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,240
We're going to start with you, Mr.

569
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,040
Inasali, and let's see what I have on the
docket

570
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:06,760
here.

571
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,520
Um, two minutes for these.

572
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:13,880
Please explain your position on annual funding
needs versus

573
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:19,640
your responsibility to taxpayers to maintain a
reasonable and affordable

574
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,040
uh rate in the at the college.

575
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,640
I mean, just say it one more time.

576
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,960
Please explain your position on annual funding
needs versus your

577
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,280
responsibility to taxpayers to maintain a
reasonable and affordable tax

578
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,760
rate for the college.

579
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,080
Great question.

580
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,600
I spent about uh 20 years of my career as

581
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,800
a hospital CFO, division CFO.

582
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,000
Uh I understand. budgets

583
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:51,040
I ask the hard questions in the EDC closed
sessions

584
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,000
when we're asked, do we want to fund this
project

585
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,760
or not for your city?

586
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,440
I'm the one that's the fine was the finance
chair

587
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,600
or the finance committee chair for the EDC
board.

588
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:04,240
Why?

589
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,560
Because I asked the hard questions.

590
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,880
I I believe that we need to make sure we

591
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,040
respect the taxpayer money and are good
stewards.

592
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:21,360
I believe there's always opportunities to find
savings and innovative

593
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,160
solutions.

594
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,760
Money, spending more money as a hospital
president of a

595
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:31,360
for profit hospital, spending more money
doesn't solve problems.

596
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,120
Being creative and a good steward of it does.

597
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,640
So I believe we have to make sure we keep

598
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,000
the tax rate the lowest in the state for Colin

599
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,040
College.

600
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,480
And I believe we can continue to do as the

601
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:51,600
incumbents have done and have great outcomes
while

602
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:52,560
doing that.

603
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,000
So I don't believe we have to sacrifice the
taxpayers'

604
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,120
dollars or compromise education.

605
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,800
Again, I I would ask you to look at my

606
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,160
look at my website because there's we can all
give

607
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,800
you the best answers all night, but what have
we

608
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,080
done for the last 10 years?

609
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,320
What have we done for the last 20 years?

610
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,360
You know, if you look at my Facebook or
LinkedIn

611
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,480
page, you'll see who I'm friends with, and you
know

612
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,120
those people, and ask them about me.

613
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:29,520
So it's not whether I can sound real
persuasive and

614
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,000
charismatic tonight.

615
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,520
It's what have you done?

616
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,000
Do people trust you with their mind?

617
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:35,880
They trust me.

618
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:36,840
All right, thank you

619
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,720
And the settled minute and a half.

620
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,880
Let me know if anyone wants me to repeat that

621
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:42,520
question.

622
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,200
No, thank you.

623
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:44,920
So, Dr.

624
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,440
Donald, and that is a great question.

625
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:53,000
The college operates on, well, this year for
the 2223

626
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,760
year, our budget was just a hair under a third

627
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,200
billion dollars.

628
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,120
So we manage a big budget, it's a big job.

629
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:06,280
And we haven't risen, we haven't raised the
tax rate

630
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,480
in the last three years.

631
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,520
So 23, 22, 21, our tax rate's been the same.

632
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,520
It's been 0.08122 when it's the more numbers.

633
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,560
Um, but it is the second lowest in the state,

634
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,840
and we are just a little bit under 5% of

635
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,520
the property taxes that come out.

636
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,280
So if you look at like a pie chart, you

637
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,520
know, a big bunch of it is ISD, then you

638
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,000
have your city, then you have your county, and
we

639
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,800
are just a little bit under five point five
percent.

640
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,160
We're about 4.8.

641
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,400
So we're just a little tiny piece of the pie.

642
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,280
And we've been doing pretty great with a
little tiny

643
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,440
piece of the pie, and we've been not making
our

644
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,040
piece of the pie bigger.

645
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,480
And look at what we've done in the last six

646
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,320
years that I've been on the board.

647
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,920
We have built four new campuses with a $600
million

648
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,040
bond that we voted in at the same time that

649
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:55,240
I got elected.

650
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,520
Um, your taxes have not risen, and we've been
steadily

651
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,920
paying towards that bond, and we've gotten
fantastic interest rates

652
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:03,480
on it.

653
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:07,480
Um, our funding formula is with the Texas
legislature this

654
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,760
year, and is looking to change substantially
for the first

655
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,120
time in 40 years, and so that is going to

656
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,000
make a a ch change.ange, but it doesn't look
like

657
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,200
it is going to be that is going to cause

658
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,400
a tax increase

659
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,640
So thank you so much.

660
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:23,360
Thank you.

661
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,160
All right.

662
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,200
So next question for our place two folks.

663
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:29,840
Oh no, I'm sorry.

664
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,720
This I know I know this Alexander is in place

665
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:33,600
three apologies.

666
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:34,720
Thanks so much.

667
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,360
Well, you guys know effective tax rate does
that bring

668
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:40,560
belting?

669
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,640
We have it in planet, and what happens is the

670
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:49,440
effective tax rate looks at our budget and
then projects

671
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:53,920
the increase in your property value, and then
they set

672
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,240
the tax rate.

673
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,040
So you the tax rate may not have gone up

674
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,000
for you, but if your property values went up,
what

675
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,800
happened to your taxes that you owe?

676
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,800
They went up as well, right?

677
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,640
So my idea would be to explore the idea of

678
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:15,120
an effective tax rate for Colin College.

679
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:25,920
Now, place two.

680
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,360
And yes, we'll start with you.

681
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,880
Of all the problems we have, this is probably
one

682
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,120
of the most making believe.

683
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,000
That's good.

684
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,880
I'm gonna interject just for a second because
I made

685
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,800
up these questions and I've had this for about
10

686
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,280
years.

687
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,160
Over 30 campuses in the United States have
actually instituted

688
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:10,040
free speech zones.

689
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,800
You can continue.

690
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,560
Okay, my question, my answer, right?

691
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:15,880
Okay.

692
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,280
Well, that's in this make-believe problem.

693
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,680
Now, the nice thing about make-believe
problems is we can

694
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,040
make believe answers.

695
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,160
What do you want to do with kids to talk?

696
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:25,800
Kids talk.

697
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,240
I don't talk in class.

698
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:28,920
I don't know how teaching class.

699
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,920
I want to hear what kids have to say.

700
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,640
It's how you learn, and you can't teach if you

701
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:34,600
don't learn first.

702
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,440
And to learn, you must listen.

703
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,480
Two years, one month, good ratio.

704
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:40,600
Thank you.

705
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,240
Um you have some locations where people can
come in

706
00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:52,520
and speak and voice their difference opinions.

707
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,360
It's not in the middle of the campus.

708
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,920
You can't walk into my campus and yell fire.

709
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,720
We have to protect our people and our students
and

710
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:01,720
our staff from that kind of behavior.

711
00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:04,600
So when we start focusing on people being able
to

712
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,680
speak, words don't hurt you.

713
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,920
It's when people do physical things to you.

714
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,840
So we need to protect our students.

715
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,760
We have people where they can talk in their
corners

716
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,720
or their group areas, but they cannot come in
our

717
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:21,000
buildings and start verbalizing or threatening
or harming our students

718
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:21,960
and our family.

719
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,320
And that's what we protect.

720
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,600
Thank you.

721
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,680
I kind of smiled to myself when I heard about

722
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,760
the free speech zone because at Texas Tech, I
had

723
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:33,320
this memory.

724
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,040
Um there was this pagoda at Texas Tech where
there

725
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,640
was a free speech zone, and I kind of smiled

726
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,320
every time I' onm the bike because nobody ever
used

727
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:39,640
it.

728
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,640
I always wish someone would stand there and
say something,

729
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,800
but I don'm

730
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,160
kind of a free speech absolutist.

731
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,440
I think everywhere should be a free speech

732
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,000
I don't think there should be a space
designated for

733
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:54,560
free speech.

734
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,400
I think people should be able to say, you
know,

735
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,920
anything we want, safety wise, anywhere they
anywhere they please.

736
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,640
And so that conversation that's a little
pogoda about free

737
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,400
speech in our world, you can't speak and use
your

738
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,280
constitutional rights.

739
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:06,400
I totally reject that.

740
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,480
But you know, back to this free speech issue.

741
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,280
You know, this is costing us money, it's
costing you

742
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:11,760
money.

743
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,760
And it's already cost us a million dollars,
right?

744
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,000
I want to go back to this because in Frisco

745
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,000
last week, um, you know, my opponent said,
well, this

746
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,360
didn't actually cost us a million dollars.

747
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,680
It didn't cost us $100,000.

748
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,320
Well, even the settlement itself, if you read
the lawsuit,

749
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,960
um, the settlement has already cost $200,000.

750
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:28,960
And I asked the opponent, like, let's let's
see the

751
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:29,360
budget.

752
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,840
You know, the interest for transparity, let's
let's see the

753
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,600
numbers, let's see what it actually costs.

754
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,600
And it didn't, it we didn't get, we didn't see

755
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:36,000
it.

756
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,760
And so um, so you know, this is this is

757
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,680
a big thing for for the college.

758
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,120
It's something that's really really important.

759
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:42,800
And if you vote for me, I guarantee you I'll

760
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:43,680
take side and I'll change it.

761
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,040
I'll see you never for free speech.

762
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:50,880
Thank you.

763
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,960
All right, one more question for place one.

764
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:53,760
This is different.

765
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,520
Um, what we're looking at is what do you
believe

766
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,040
are the three most important functions of the
board of

767
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,480
trustees?

768
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:07,280
And how do they differentiate from the staff
uh and

769
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:07,920
faculty?

770
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,440
So I'm gonna ask that question again.

771
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,680
What are the three most important functions of
the board

772
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,040
of trustees?

773
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,640
And how do you give differentiate the role
between uh

774
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,960
staff and faculty?

775
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,280
Okay.

776
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,800
That's a great question.

777
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,840
Um, you know, many of us are familiar with um

778
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,800
the machine of command, if you know what I'm
saying,

779
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,480
um, whether you're in the. military or you
just worked

780
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,400
at a job or there's a chain of command

781
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:38,120
Ideally, the board of trustees relies on its
staff um

782
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:44,600
to bring budgets, to bring proposals, to bring
issues.

783
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,800
Ideally, what happens is the professionals who
are doing it

784
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,080
day to day to day work in those areas who

785
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,280
know it in and out, have a community have an

786
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,000
open line of communication with the board that
then we

787
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,880
take those issues and we make decisions based
off of

788
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,440
the professional advice that we're given.

789
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,320
So it's meant to work as um decision makers
who

790
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:11,880
um are answerable truthfully to the taxpayer.

791
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,760
At the end of the day, the board is answerable

792
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,360
to this community.

793
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,840
The the fact is uh the Texas Comptroller um
says

794
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:25,080
that for every taxpayer dollar we spend on
community college

795
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,760
education, the local economic return is six
dollars and eighty

796
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:29,800
cents.

797
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,160
That means that 200 million dollars or 300
million dollars

798
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:37,480
to be quoted, it actually return is
exponentially higher than

799
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:37,880
that.

800
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,960
So we're responsible to the taxpayer, and we
have to

801
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,040
rely on how it differs from staffing faculty.

802
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,880
Well, staff and faculty re rely on them, their
expertise

803
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,600
to bring issues to the board to help us make

804
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,000
those decisions because there's too many
decisions to make without

805
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:58,440
the fact that question uh regarding the

806
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,040
board and the staff.

807
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,760
Um basically the board, we're we're we're
we're the governing

808
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:07,800
body we we hired the president, we're
appropriate budget.

809
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,920
Um we also one of the things that goes beyond

810
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,960
that as a as as trustees we have a fsishary

811
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,240
duty to uh watch out for you know the the

812
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,920
welfare of this this institution so that'
really important in

813
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,200
terms of a board but you know the staff
administration

814
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,880
uh they provide a great service I'm glad I'm
out

815
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,280
in the week community a lot I've oh I've heard

816
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,560
some great great feedback about our staff very
you know

817
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,160
very and I went to community college it was
very

818
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,720
uh you know that and energized me to uh
complete

819
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,760
um go to community college and go but then go

820
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,440
to a four-year institution so that's the uh
the the

821
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:54,240
day to day operation uh the president we are
we

822
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,240
we you know we were a lot we were higher

823
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:00,000
president and we expect him to carry out our
policies

824
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,280
and that's what uh we do and that's that's a

825
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:07,520
great responsibility for us as uh as trustees
and and

826
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:11,280
so I take it uh that that responsibility very
lightly

827
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:15,600
I mean not very not lightly happy well anyway
as

828
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:20,640
a little guy but anyway but that's a great
responsibility

829
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,760
in terms of us in terms of uh our as

830
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:28,960
uh as government body trustees uh so thank you
very

831
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:34,160
much all

832
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,720
right we have a lightning round coming up
there's gonna

833
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,960
be five questions for this lightning round um
now one

834
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:45,280
quick caveat uh I've been in politics for
about 35

835
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,000
years and one of the my pet peeves is in

836
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:48,600
Texas.

837
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:53,440
Did you know that Collin College trustees,
ISD, and city

838
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:56,840
council races are nonpartisan?

839
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,600
I don't think there's anything any such thing
as nonpartisan

840
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,360
races, but that's how Texas does it.

841
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,400
So there's a particular question about that,
because there has

842
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,200
been some questions.

843
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,960
In fact, there was even a bill filed the last

844
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:13,160
three cycles to make these actual partisan
races going forward.

845
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,800
So just that explanation about one of the
questions on

846
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:16,200
here.

847
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,440
Five questions are gonna make it super simple.

848
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,400
We're just gonna start at one end, go down,
and

849
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:23,800
we'll start the next question and come right
back.

850
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,680
This is what we're looking for here as a yes,

851
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,600
no, or a pass.

852
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,120
Question one, Mr.

853
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,600
Moses, we'll start down with you.

854
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:38,040
Should Collin College trustee elections allow
for ballot

855
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,840
declarations of party affiliation?

856
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,040
Just what I asked.

857
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,280
Should Collin College trustee elections allow
for valid declarations of

858
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:47,800
party affiliation?

859
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,560
Yes, no, or pass?

860
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,640
Yes, yes, yes.

861
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:55,240
Absolutely not.

862
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:57,720
Yes.

863
00:44:57,720 --> 00:44:59,160
Oh no.

864
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:01,320
Yes.

865
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:07,160
Yes.

866
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:07,800
All right.

867
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:09,160
Do you guys pay attention?

868
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:11,720
Because you've got some uh differences in the
candidates, which

869
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:12,440
is what we want.

870
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:13,320
That's great.

871
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,600
Okay, question two.

872
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,360
We're gonna start right here.

873
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:21,160
Do you oppose free speech zones for campus for
students

874
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:24,600
on campus and efforts to limit free speech?

875
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,400
Do you oppose free speech zones for students
on campus

876
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,360
in efforts to limit free speech?

877
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,640
Yes.

878
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:34,960
No

879
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,360
As?

880
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,080
No.

881
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,000
No.

882
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:42,000
No.

883
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:45,760
Of course you can.

884
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:46,160
Yeah.

885
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:47,600
You gotta be safe

886
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,960
Do you oppose free speech zones?

887
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,000
Yes, I oppose it.

888
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,200
Okay.

889
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,040
Question three.

890
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:00,880
This one's really fun.

891
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,480
Will you oppose any effort to raise the Collin
College

892
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,520
tax rate during this next term if you're
elected?

893
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,040
Will you oppose any effort to raise the Collin
College

894
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,400
tax rate during this next term if you're
elected?

895
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:15,760
Yes.

896
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,080
Yes.

897
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,760
Yes.

898
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:20,720
Yes.

899
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:24,320
Yes.

900
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:26,000
Yes.

901
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:27,520
Yes.

902
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,360
Alright, next question.

903
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:31,120
It gets a little trickier.

904
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,960
Did you know you can actually have the same
tax

905
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,480
rate and your taxes can go up?

906
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,840
You guys pay attention?

907
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:36,400
Okay.

908
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:37,440
Here we go.

909
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:38,880
Will you right here?

910
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:42,400
Will you vote to support a budget that adopts
the

911
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:45,600
effective tax rate for the college?

912
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:46,880
Yes.

913
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:48,000
Yes.

914
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:49,200
Yes.

915
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:53,600
Yes.

916
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:55,840
Yes.

917
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,080
Yes.

918
00:46:58,560 --> 00:46:59,440
Yes.

919
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,600
Last question.

920
00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:04,160
Someone's gonna get elected in each race.

921
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,240
Pay attention if they actually adhere to that.

922
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:08,560
Last one.

923
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,760
Do you support free two-year college tuition
for anyone who

924
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,440
wants to attend college?

925
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:13,760
Mr.

926
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:14,800
Moses.

927
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,760
Do you support free two-year college tuition
for anyone who

928
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,120
wants to attend college?

929
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:23,800
No. way

930
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:22,960
Yes.

931
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:29,560
No.

932
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:30,680
Yes, real fast.

933
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:33,800
No.

934
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,240
Okay.

935
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:37,240
I'm enlightened.

936
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:38,360
Thank you very much, I guess.

937
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:39,320
I really appreciate that.

938
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,960
Let's give them a closing statement and then
send them

939
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:42,760
on their way.

940
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:44,120
So really good job.

941
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:45,480
We'll start here.

942
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,160
I think we started.

943
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,280
Closing statement of a minute and a half.

944
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,680
And you can reference any questions or
anything else you

945
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:53,400
want to show you.

946
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:54,040
Thank you so much.

947
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,720
One thing up on the stuff there you have my

948
00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:02,600
friend Jade.

949
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:03,800
Oh, you start together.

950
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:05,640
His man is Jay, not Fred.

951
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:11,480
You know, we have to be like, hey, like,

952
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:12,760
we come, Fred.

953
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:13,560
Amen.

954
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:14,760
We are good.

955
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,520
Jay, please forgive us for that project.

956
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:20,840
Okay.

957
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:23,560
All right, too fine.

958
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,440
So my name is Joe and the Sali, and you

959
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,560
should vote for me if you go to my website

960
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,520
and check out who I really am and what I've

961
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,600
done for the city of McKinney.

962
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:40,520
Um, I'm passionate about it.

963
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:41,960
I'm here to serve you.

964
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,960
I'm here to make a difference.

965
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:49,160
I would prioritize number one, including this
increasing

966
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:53,480
and improving the success rate of the students
year over

967
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:54,520
year.

968
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,480
Collin College is number one in the state in
that,

969
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,280
and we should only strive to get better
because the

970
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:05,560
most important thing is that these students
get the education

971
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,520
they need, the certificate, or the ability to
go on

972
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:12,280
to a four-year school to get a wage and get

973
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,840
the jobs we need them for right here.

974
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,960
And as pro-business on the Chamber of
Commerce, the EDC,

975
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:22,240
and as a hospital president who hired a lot of

976
00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:26,480
these students, we need a training workforce.

977
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,080
So everybody wins.

978
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,920
Collin College is a very valuable resource to
us.

979
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:39,360
Put it in someone's hands who has led local
business

980
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:44,240
to find best place to work awards in DFW.

981
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:45,920
So I can help.

982
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,400
I'll work for you if you'll have me.

983
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,000
Thank you, and God bless.

984
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,160
Thanks, Joe.

985
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:56,960
So I'm Dr.

986
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:00,080
City Donald and the incumbent in place three.

987
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,640
And you could just leave place three in the
hands

988
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:06,320
of somebody who's already won top best places
to work

989
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,320
for the last several years.

990
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:11,440
We're already here because we have a great
board that

991
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,360
has been very fiscally responsible.

992
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:16,880
We've kept our tuitions rate, tuition rate
rate low.

993
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,720
We've kept our tax rate low.

994
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:21,120
We have built incredible big campuses.

995
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:25,200
We've instituted three housework degree
programs that were desperately needed

996
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:26,000
in the area.

997
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,600
We've instituted a bunch of workforce programs
that were also

998
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,680
desperately needed in the area.

999
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,720
Students aren't having to go over to Dallas
County to

1000
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:39,120
take well in HPAC and pay out of county
prices.

1001
00:50:45,240 --> 00:50:49,000
And responsive to what are the business needs
in this

1002
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,160
county and respond to them really quickly in
terms of

1003
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,080
academic timelines, which you want to work,
but we responded

1004
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:58,040
to them quickly.

1005
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:01,080
Um, and I hope somebody likes to really pay
attention

1006
00:51:01,080 --> 00:51:03,480
to what's going on in the county.

1007
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:07,160
I volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters, I
volunteer teacher

1008
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,760
the GED program in defense prisons, South of
Dallas.

1009
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,400
Um, I like to know the people in our
community,

1010
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,800
what are the struggles in the community, and
how can

1011
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,960
we raise everyone up so that everyone will do
better?

1012
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:24,280
And um I hope you'll go to CC4Collin.com and
learn

1013
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,560
more about me, and um, we'll keep doing what
we're

1014
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,080
doing here.

1015
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,640
I'm Kathy Alexander for place three.

1016
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,040
I suppose you probably don't need to know that
I

1017
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,840
work in Cairos and that I've that I facilitate
Bible

1018
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:43,320
study.

1019
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:45,160
And you guys do all that stuff too.

1020
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,040
I've been on boards and commissions, and I've
got 90%

1021
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:49,960
of y'all done the sun.

1022
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:54,680
I think what sets me just a toe ahead is

1023
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:59,480
my experience in higher education and looking
at the problems

1024
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:03,880
that are being faced by administration and
coming up with

1025
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,360
solutions for those problems.

1026
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,600
Um, I was blessed to get to work with Dr.

1027
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:11,960
Coleman at UT Dallas, and he used to say to

1028
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,680
me, come up with a solution, get it running,
and

1029
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:16,440
then give it to somebody else.

1030
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:19,160
And that's sort of my frame of reference.

1031
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:23,960
I would like to visit the campuses, um, visit
the

1032
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:24,760
faculty.

1033
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,160
I think that would be wise for us to hear

1034
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,280
from people on the ground that are closest to
the

1035
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:33,800
issues that hang, and then take them back to
the

1036
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:38,280
board and build consensus with the board so
that we

1037
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:39,560
can move forward.

1038
00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:42,760
Again, my name is Kathy Alexander, and I'm
running for

1039
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:44,440
place three.

1040
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:52,560
Hello again.

1041
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:55,040
On the way out here shortly.

1042
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:56,800
So move till.

1043
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:04,160
Entire common system.

1044
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:06,000
I teach more for the kids.

1045
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,640
Believe me, I'd much rather be doing that than
I

1046
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:10,960
already know that much of silly adults.

1047
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:13,600
And what I see so much of this stuff with

1048
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:16,080
the arguments of the silly adults, there the
reason that

1049
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:18,400
they're arguing about the silly adults is
they've taken their

1050
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:20,080
eye off the focus.

1051
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:24,640
The focus of the college can only, only, only
R

1052
00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:25,680
and circle as well.

1053
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:27,520
It's important we say it three times.

1054
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,200
Only be the students.

1055
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:30,560
It's what it has to be.

1056
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,800
They're all important, yes.

1057
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:37,120
But I mean, I went through my own budgets.

1058
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,280
I can cut my own budget and you don't gotta

1059
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:40,960
worry about the tax system budget.

1060
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:42,240
You really don't.

1061
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,560
There are priorities that you think so.

1062
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:46,320
One of the questions I wish I would have got

1063
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:47,920
was what are the three things the board should
work

1064
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:48,400
on?

1065
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:49,920
This is from basic project management.

1066
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,000
I handle Billy Call of the Projects.

1067
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,800
The sequence and order must be statement of
work.

1068
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:58,240
What you're doing first, the transition,
second, your schedule, how

1069
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:02,880
you plan your things a little bit, third, your
budget.

1070
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,000
Third, your budget.

1071
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:05,760
What do we spend the most time with here
talking

1072
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:06,240
about?

1073
00:54:06,240 --> 00:54:08,480
Swab it over money like we're a bunch of silly

1074
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:09,680
benefits.

1075
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:10,960
I don't get it.

1076
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:12,000
I really don't get it.

1077
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:13,440
Main main point.

1078
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:14,720
But there is some difference.

1079
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:16,080
You won't see that from me.

1080
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,200
It's going to be mission first, make it happen
second,

1081
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,520
third, we'll do the budget, make it four.

1082
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:22,800
It's not that complicated.

1083
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:23,360
Thanks.

1084
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:31,560
Thank you, good evening.

1085
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,960
I'm not trying to change anything here in
Columbus.

1086
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,040
Like what I see, it's been a great college,
it's

1087
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:37,720
gonna continue to be a great college.

1088
00:54:37,720 --> 00:54:40,200
We have the lowest tuition in the state, the
second

1089
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:43,640
lowest tax rate, the highest success ratio,
and the second

1090
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,720
best financials in the state.

1091
00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:48,520
So you can't have all that stuff positive and
say

1092
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:49,880
that we're not doing the right job.

1093
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,000
We have 98% persistency of our full-time
faculty.

1094
00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:54,440
We've heard about faculty.

1095
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,280
We have 98% persistence.

1096
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:58,200
These are the kind of things we talk about.

1097
00:54:58,200 --> 00:54:59,240
We are students.

1098
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,160
We graduated our students.

1099
00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:04,360
84% of them would say they would come back
again

1100
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:05,320
and do it over.

1101
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:07,160
I go eat dinner, and half the time I don't

1102
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,160
even think I'm gonna come back this place
again 50%

1103
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:10,040
of the time.

1104
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,040
84% of the time they're willing to come back
and

1105
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:13,000
do this again.

1106
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,480
So get involved, stay involved.

1107
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:16,840
Our college is great.

1108
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:18,520
We're gonna continue to survive.

1109
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:19,800
And guess what?

1110
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,440
Vote for me, and I'm gonna keep this college
like

1111
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:22,840
it is.

1112
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,080
Jay sad place too.

1113
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:31,080
Well, thanks so much for coming, everybody.

1114
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:33,800
Um, I hope you've seen a contrast between uh
my

1115
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:35,080
opponents and me today.

1116
00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:37,880
It matters to your pocketbook, it matters to
your reputation

1117
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,440
to have the right person with experience in
education.

1118
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:42,840
And you know, I guess it's it's good to
disagree

1119
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:44,680
with the moderator at the end of the debate
rather

1120
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:45,400
than the beginning.

1121
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:47,400
You know, I just totally reject this idea that
the

1122
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,080
partisanship of education.

1123
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:50,680
You know, I when I when I'm serving a mom

1124
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:52,440
and when I'm serving a dad or a student or

1125
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:54,840
a teacher, I don't actually ask for a
political party.

1126
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,280
You know, I don't I don't do that before I

1127
00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:57,320
before I help them.

1128
00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:59,240
I had a mom the other day who was on

1129
00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:02,280
uh her daughter's phone, and her daughter
voiced uh suicidal

1130
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:03,080
allegations.

1131
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:04,600
I think I didn't give her a sheet of paper

1132
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:06,760
and say, you know, choose which political
party you are

1133
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:07,720
before I help you.

1134
00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:09,320
I helped her and I helped her daughter, and
that's

1135
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:10,280
what I'm gonna do.

1136
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:13,080
So um uh you know, I just totally reject this

1137
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:15,520
idea that we have to have a political party.
with

1138
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:17,680
education because that's that's not what I do

1139
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:19,920
So if you're looking for somebody who will
serve you,

1140
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:22,720
not a political party, then I'm your person.

1141
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:24,800
I think my family is like your family, my
school

1142
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:25,680
is like your family.

1143
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,720
They're Republican, a third Democrat, a third
can't stand either

1144
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:30,080
party whatsoever.

1145
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:30,400
Right?

1146
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:32,640
So if you elect me, I'm gonna serve you.

1147
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:34,480
I'm not gonna ask you what your color is, what

1148
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,400
your religion is, I'm not gonna ask you to
local

1149
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:37,680
party because I don't care about that.

1150
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,240
I want to serve you, and I'm gonna serve
respect

1151
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,120
your taxpayer money and your commitment to
education.

1152
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:45,040
So thanks, thanks so much for being here,
y'all.

1153
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:46,480
And uh I hope to see you all soon.

1154
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,880
Thanks so much.

1155
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:54,400
Thank you all coming together for inviting us.

1156
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,080
Um thank you guys for being here.

1157
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,320
And um, again, I'm Aiden Wallace, and I'm
running from

1158
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,280
Lance Blood, the Colin College Board of
Trustees.

1159
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:03,680
And uh, what I want to leave you with is

1160
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:08,080
really my goal for the school is that it
serves

1161
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:09,120
the community.

1162
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:11,520
It would be great if we could keep things the

1163
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:12,320
same, right?

1164
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,880
If we didn't have to change and everything
would just

1165
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,800
keep going in the right direction.

1166
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,560
But Colin is changing.

1167
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:22,560
Colin is changing rapidly, and we have to get
ahead

1168
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:23,680
of that change.

1169
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:27,200
We are growing, and we have to manage that
growth.

1170
00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:30,480
If we don't manage that growth, we will grow
into

1171
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,400
a whole host of problems that will be behind
eight

1172
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:35,760
ball and fix it.

1173
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,320
So we have to we have to be thinking ahead,

1174
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:40,000
we have to be innovating.

1175
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,160
And uh, one thing I haven't had an opportunity
to

1176
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,520
talk about that's really really important to
me is teachers.

1177
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,080
Uh, teachers, we need them, yes?

1178
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:50,800
We need them in our K through 12 schools, we

1179
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:51,920
need them trained.

1180
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,560
Um, we cannot afford to pay them a whole host

1181
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:56,480
of money, but what we can do is we can

1182
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,400
get them an education locally.

1183
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:01,480
I want Collin College to offer an articulation
for them

1184
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:06,120
with a local university that gets teachers
into a classroom

1185
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,840
in four years with two of those years being a

1186
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:09,320
column.

1187
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,240
So that it's a straight two for two program,
and

1188
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:13,400
they're being the most pain for their budget
and we're

1189
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:16,920
getting teachers into classrooms in our
communities.

1190
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:18,360
That's very, very important to me.

1191
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:19,880
I just never get to talk about it.

1192
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:22,600
So remember me if that sort of thing is
important

1193
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:23,160
to you.

1194
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:27,960
Thanks.

1195
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:41,320
But most importantly, uh coming from a family
of 10,

1196
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:45,000
and uh my father passed away at five, I know

1197
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,280
how to be involved and not sit on the sideline

1198
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,840
and contribute and contribute.

1199
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,400
In these roles, we have servants.

1200
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:57,640
We serve in uh students, we've served in uh
the

1201
00:58:57,640 --> 00:59:01,800
taxpayer with servants, and so uh I think I
know

1202
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:02,440
how to do that.

1203
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:05,560
A little guy like me, you know, yeah, that's
that's

1204
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:07,720
done that all my life, and so I do that.

1205
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:12,440
I'm a Sunday school teacher, and I'm a
separate church,

1206
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:17,320
more importantly, uh serving here in Column
County and a

1207
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:20,120
lot of roles, you know, my wife and I form

1208
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:23,000
a lot, but a lot of uh awards for the

1209
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,400
work we've done here at Colin County, or we've
done

1210
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:28,600
education with this year across the country.

1211
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:30,120
And so I want to continue.

1212
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:31,160
That's why I'm here.

1213
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:34,280
I'm here because as a person that gave me a

1214
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:37,960
second chance, seven chance, and uh still
working.

1215
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:41,000
We're still uh we're very blessed.

1216
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:43,800
So as I go out to the second term term,

1217
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:47,520
of you, about community second, pray for me
pray for

1218
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:48,480
the work.

1219
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:49,200
we'll That uh

1220
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:51,760
we'll do a good work for all of you and

1221
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:54,320
for students and for the institution.

1222
00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:55,120
Thank you very much.